Tasks for Authorizing and Distributing Software Updates
To determine which of the installed or applicable security updates are necessary for the client computers in your enterprise, you must evaluate each suggested update and then authorize it for distribution within your enterprise by using the Distribute Software Updates Wizard. This phase of the software update management process consists of several tasks:
Prepare the package source folder
Plan the software update packages
Evaluate and prioritize the usefulness and importance of each software update that is determined to be applicable during the audit
Isolate and test the update in your test collection before you authorize it for distribution
Create or modify the software update packages, using the Distribute Software Updates Wizard.
This task involves several steps:
- Configure software update command-line parameters
Using the Microsoft Knowledge Base articles available for each update, determine the ideal command-line syntax to use when configuring the software update for installation.
- Configure Software Updates Installation Agent settings
In this step you control the amount of user interaction, installation grace period and default action, and other installation parameters for the software update package.
Configure advertisement settings for the software update package.
Test and verify the software update package deployment
The following sections describe each of these tasks in detail.
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